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During a State Dinner on July 13, 1977, Marine Band Director Lt. Col. Jack Kline handed the baton to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as President Jimmy Carter looks on. Photo courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. - During a State Dinner on July 13, 1977, Marine Band Director Lt. Col. Jack Kline handed the baton to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as President Jimmy Carter looks on. Photo courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.

Music as Diplomacy: The Marine Band’s History of State Dinners

The musicians of “The President’s Own” have provided the music for many historic events at the White House, dating back to John Adams’ first New Year’s Day reception in 1801 in the not-quite-finished “President’s Palace,” as it was then known. The crown jewel of White House events, however, is the venerable State Dinner. “There have been countless

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